Ch5 Part 2 TOEFL MAP Listening Intermediate Description

Question 1

attractive​

Answer 1

arousing interest or pleasure; charming​

Question 2

spew​

Answer 2

tofloworletout inlargeamounts​

Question 3

ash​

Answer 3

the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning​

Question 4

eject​

Answer 4

topush,throw, orforcesomething out of aplace​

Question 5

symmetrical​

Answer 5

having two halves, parts or sides that are the same in size and shape​

Question 6

conical​

Answer 6

having the shape of a cone​

Question 7

squat​

Answer 7

shortandwide​

Question 8

viscosity​

Answer 8

the quality in a liquid of being thick and sticky​

Question 9

caldera​

Answer 9

a verylarge,circularhollowthatremainswhen thecentralpartof avolcanofallsin after aneruption​

Question 10

icecap​

Answer 10

a thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center​

Question 11

notion​

Answer 11

an idea, a belief or an understanding of something​

Question 12

credence​

Answer 12

acceptance,support, orbeliefthat something istrue​

Question 13

alien​

Answer 13

acreaturefrom a differentplanet​

Question 14

colonize​

Answer 14

to take control of an area or a country that is not your own, especially using force, and send people from your own country to live there​

Question 15

mounting​

Answer 15

graduallyincreasing​

Question 16

meteorite​

Answer 16

apieceofrockor othermatterfromspacethat haslandedonearth​

Question 17

strain​

Answer 17

aparticulartypeorquality​

Question 18

reaction​

Answer 18

anoccasionwhen two or moresubstancesreactwith andchangeeach other​

Question 19

spore​

Answer 19

areproductivecellproducedby someplantsandsimpleorganismssuch asfernsandmushrooms​

Question 20

replicate​

Answer 20

to copy something exactly; to duplicate​

Question 21

meteoroid​

Answer 21

apieceofrockor othermatterinspacethat has notyetenteredthe earth’satmosphere​

Question 22

crush​

Answer 22

to press something so hard that it is damaged or injured, or loses its shape​

Question 23

impact​

Answer 23

theforceoractionof oneobjecthittinganother​

Question 24

sandstone​

Answer 24

atypeofrockformedfromsand​

Question 25

exposure ​

Answer 25

the condition of being unprotected​

Question 26

dismiss ​

Answer 26

to reject serious consideration of something​

Question 27

suite ​

Answer 27

a set of connected rooms, especially in a hotel​

Question 28

repairman ​

Answer 28

someone whose job is to make things that are broken work correctly​

Question 29

workload ​

Answer 29

the amount of work to be done, especially by a particular person or machine in a period of time​

Question 30

acceptable ​

Answer 30

capable or worthy of being accepted​

Question 31

insist ​

Answer 31

to state or demand forcefully, esp. despite ​ opposition​

Question 32

dense ​

Answer 32

having parts that are close together so that it is difficult to go or see through​

Question 33

naked eye ​

Answer 33

the eye unaided by any instrument that changes the apparent size or distance of an object or otherwise alters visual powers​

Question 34

similarity ​

Answer 34

the quality of state of being similar​

Question 35

rotation ​

Answer 35

movement in a circle around a fixed point​

Question 36

axis ​

Answer 36

an imaginary line through the centre of an object, around which the object turns​

Question 37

examination ​

Answer 37

the act of looking at or considering something very carefully​

Question 38

toxic ​

Answer 38

containing poison; poisonous​

Question 39

greenhouse effect ​

Answer 39

an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere, that is believed to be the cause of a gradual warming of the surface of the earth​

Question 40

trap ​

Answer 40

to catch an animal in a trap​

Question 41

escape ​

Answer 41

to get free from something, or to avoid something​

Question 42

probe ​

Answer 42

a spacecraft without people on board that obtains information and sends it back to earth​

Question 43

malfunction ​

Answer 43

to fail to work correctly​

Question 44

erosion ​

Answer 44

the process by which the surface of something is gradually destroyed through the action of wind, rain, etc.​

Question 45

unstable ​

Answer 45

likely to change suddenly​

Question 46

crater ​

Answer 46

a large hole in the ground caused by the explosion of a bomb or by something large hitting it​

Question 47

asteroid ​

Answer 47

any one of the many small rocky objects that go around the sun​

Question 48

incinerate ​

Answer 48

to burn something completely​

Question 49

political ​

Answer 49

relating to politics​

Question 50

obviously ​

Answer 50

in a way that is easy to understand or see​

Question 51

senator ​

Answer 51

a politician who has been elected to a Senate​

Question 52

coherent ​

Answer 52

logical and well organized; easy to understand and clear​

Question 53

theory ​

Answer 53

a formal set of ideas that is intended to explain why something happens or exists​

Question 54

undergraduate ​

Answer 54

a student who is studying for their first degree at a college or university​

Question 55

lean toward ​

Answer 55

to be interested in something and be likely to do a particular activity​